borceguí

Spanish

Etymology

First attested in Old French broissequin (1316), probably with known suffix -in from Arabic بَرْذَعَة (barḏaʕa, “saddle-pad”), a material reused for shoes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boɾθeˈɡi/ [boɾ.θeˈɣ̞i] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /boɾseˈɡi/ [boɾ.seˈɣ̞i] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: bor‧ce‧guí

Noun

borceguí m (plural borceguíes or borceguís)

  1. (Latin America) combat boot
  2. historical Spanish boot of the Middle Ages

Derived terms

  • borceguinería
  • borceguinero

Further reading

  • “borceguí”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
  • Pezzi Martínez, Elena (1979) “Origen oriental del vocablo borceguí”, in Miscelánea de estudios árabes y hebraicos‎[1] (in Spanish), volumes 27–28, pages 79–109
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